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[Commlist] New book: Datapublics – The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies

Sat Aug 05 14:54:48 GMT 2023




New book: Datapublics –  The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies

Our new Open Access book, DataPublics – The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies | Bristol University Press<https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/display/book/9781529228649/9781529228649.xml> <https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/display/book/9781529228649/9781529228649.xml%3e>, is now out. Edited by Jannie Møller Hartley, David Mathieu and Jannick Kirk Sørensen.

The book might be of interest to some of you, much of it has come out of vibrant discussions in this community.

Description: This book addresses new challenges to the formation of publics in datafied democracies. It proposes a fresh, complex and nuanced approach to understand 'datapublics' by considering datafication and public formation in the context of audience, journalism and infrastructure studies.

The tightly woven chapters shed new light on how platforms, algorithms and their data infrastructure are embedded in journalistic values, discourses and practices, opening up new conditions for publics to display agency, mobilize and achieve legitimacy.

Endorsements:

"Is the public the principal victim of the big tech take-over of media infrastructure? It may well be. Against this backdrop, this excellent edited collection introduces us to "data publics," a different kind of collective, at once less innocent, more contested and entangled than the ideal of the general public, this one created with small tech, still uncertain, but also, decidedly vibrant."

Noortje Marres, Professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies – University of Warwick

“What does governance look like as democracies become increasingly datafied? This insightful and timely report offers key conclusions on how publics are activated, how citizens are engaged, and how movements attain agency. Impeccably crafted and deeply researched, this is a must read.”

Zizi Papacharissi, Professor of Communication and Political Science, U of Illinois

“Drawing on rich and wide-ranging empirical evidence to challenge simplistic accounts of the role of digital technologies in shaping public life, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of democracies.”

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University


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